First Somali communities in America

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

As we all know the first documented Somalis to touch down in North America were seaman who came off the ships in New York in the early 1900s and across the eastern seaboard they were some of the first African immigrants in the United States they settled along the east coast mainly nyc

another group of Somalis came during the Second World War to mainly to buffalo New York they numbered in the hundreds they worked in the factories and plants in buffalo during the war

If anybody knows anything about older Somali communities in North America feel free to add

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

I’ll be updating this thread occasionally with new information

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Hundreds perhaps thousands of Somalis lived in buffalo during ww2 according to a Somali elder they seem to have assimilated into the African American community in buffalo at the time

 

[CiiseMasiix]

Somalis had a large presence in Harlem during the 1950's

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Somalis had a large presence in Harlem during the 1950's

They were the first African community with a presence in the area from what I understand they owned stores and had their own mosque I wonder why these stories aren’t more documented

 

[Master-chief]

Hopefully they deport all those third world men, yes, including Faraxs. I always wanted to travel to Scandinavia but these Middle Eastern and African males stunk up the place

What does that have to with this thread?
Weirdo

 

[Juliet]

What does that have to with this thread?
Weirdo

That was supposed to be the Swedish election thread, let me move it lol

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

https://books.google.ca/books?id=HV1uEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT40&dq=somali+seaman+harlem&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-55yeqdb5AhW-q4kEHRUcAfwQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=somali seaman harlem&f=false.
According to page three of this book little Senegal in Harlem used to be a Somali neighborhood In the 1960s I wonder what happened to their descendants

 

[Khanderson]

What does that have to with this thread?
Weirdo

This is the race she worships:

 

[Juliet]

This is the race she worships:

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I don’t worship anyone, acudubillah

 

[Khanderson]

I don’t worship anyone, acudubillah

you insulted your father and your male relatives by calling them low-tier men.


you’re a disgraceful self hater. You went beneath of the belly of a snake.

 

[Juliet]

G

you insulted your father and your male relatives by calling them low-tier men.


you’re a disgraceful self hater. You went beneath of the belly of a snake.

Did I lie? idk how she’s being so choosy with such a small pool in her mid 30s at that, setting herself up for inevitable failure. It’s frustrating to watch

Any sane xalimo would snatch up that gem in a heartbeat

 

[repo]

https://books.google.ca/books?id=HV1uEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT40&dq=somali+seaman+harlem&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-55yeqdb5AhW-q4kEHRUcAfwQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=somali seaman harlem&f=false.
According to page three of this book little Senegal in Harlem used to be a Somali neighborhood In the 1960s I wonder what happened to their descendants

They have probably assimilated by now. It only takes one generation and there’s been 3 since then.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

They have probably assimilated by now. It only takes one generation and there’s been 3 since then.

That’s true the population I’m guessing was mainly men so they couldn’t really build a Somali community there’s probably some black Americans with Somali heritage in the New York area and across the east coast